Formaldehyde bisulphite amino-aryl-antimony compounds



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Patented June 24, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

THROP CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., 01? NEW YORK YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW FORMALDEHYDE BISULPHI'IE AMINo-ARYLANTIMQNY co rouNns No Drawing. Application filed September 28, 1928, Serial No. 309,130, and in Germany October 6, 1927.

The present invention relates to new water soluble formaldehyde-bisulphite amino-arylantimony compounds and to a process of preparing the same.

In accordance with the invention stable, water soluble formaldehyde-bisulphite amino-aryl-antimony compounds are obtainable by reacting upon aminoaryl-antimony compounds in the presence of water with formaldehyde-bisulphite, or first with formaldehydeand then with a bisulphite. The probable course of the reaction is represented by the following equation, the sodium salt of amino-phenyl-stibinic acid being selected as As amino-aryl-antimony compounds suitable for performing the reaction may be mentioned by way of example amino-aryl-stibi- 3o advantageous to use the same in form of their 1 nic acids, such as p-amino-phenyl-stibinic acid, m-chloro-p-amino-phenyl-stibinic acid, amino-aryl-stibinic oxides e. a. When starting from amino-aryl-stibinic acids it will be alkali metal salts, whereby here as well as in the case of other amino-aryl-antimony, compounds the temperature may vary in wide limits, room temperature or slightly elevated temperatures being mentioned by way of example. The products thus obtainable probably are w-methane-sulphonic acid derivatives of the amino-aryl-antimony compounds.- They are in form of their alkali metal salts voluminous quite or nearly colorless powders, rather clifliculty soluble in the usual organic solvents, easily soluble in water and are intended to be used for medicinal purposes in consequence of their solubility in water and medicinal activity.

The following example illustrates my invention without limiting it thereto:

Example: 50 grams of sodium para acetylamino-phenyl stibinate are treated with di 50 lute caustic alkali, (allowing the neutral or ,.or rendered weakly alkaline with twice normal caustic soda and the reaction product is precipitated by. pouring into alcohol. Its

composition corresponds to the probable formula A voluminous powder is obtained, uite or nearly colorless and dissolving readily in water. The aqueous solution remains clear on the addition of dilute acetic acid.

Instead of the para-amino-phenylstibinic acid, partially deacylated acylaminoarylstibinic acids can also be subjected to the treatment with formaldehyde-bisulphite.

Similarly other aminoarylstibinic acids or amino derivatives or aryl antimony compounds with antimony residues of other types, for example, aminoaryl stibinic oxides and the like can be used.

I claim:

1. Process which comprises reacting'upon an amino-aryl-antimony compound with formaldehyde-bisulphite in the presence of water.

2. Process which comprises reacting upon an amino-aryl-stibinic acid with formaldehyde-bisulphite in the presence of water.

3. p-amino-phenyl-stibinic acid with formaldehyde-bisulphite in thepresence of water.

4;. As new products formaldehyde-bisulphite derivatives of amino-aryl-antimony compounds, said products being in form of their alkali metal salts voluminous quite or nearly colorless powders rather diflicultly soluble in the usual organic solvents, easily soluble in water.

5. As new products formaldehyde-bisulphite derivatives of amino-aryl-stibinic acids, said products being in form of their alkali metal salts voluminous quite or nearly colorless powders rather difiicultly soluble in the usual organic solvents, easily soluble in water.

6. The formaldehyde-bisulphite of p-amino-phenyl-stibinicacid being in form of its sodium salt a nearly colorless powder easily soluble in water.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PROF. DR. HANS SCHMIDT. [L. s.] 

